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The Persuasive Agency of Objects and Practices in Alfred the Great’s Reform Program
Georgina Pitt
2024
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Alfred the Great's early English kingdom was the only one to resist Viking conquest. His reform program strengthened the kingdom and enabled it to hold fast against the Vikings. But texts are largely silent on the process of reform. There has been a tendency to assume that these reforms would obviously be beneficial, but Alfred’s elites were not to know that in advance. What motivated them to do as their king bid them?
This book analyzes how objects and behaviours shaped aristocratic response to the reform program, using assemblage theory and social practice theory. The Alfred Jewel (as shown on the cover) exercised a powerful persuasive agency in Alfredian reform. Broadening the frame of inquiry beyond textual evidence, giving objects and behaviours their due, permits a richer and more nuanced understanding.
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Keywords
- Aestel
- Alfred Jewel
- Alfred the Great
- assemblage theory
- new materialism
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- thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KH c 500 to c 1000 CE::3KHF 6th century, c 500 to c 599::3KHFQ Later 6th century, c 550 to c 599
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region
- Wessex
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DOI: 10.2307/jj.18908614Editions